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| Huawei and EDMI Sign IoT Licensing Agreement Huawei and EDMI announced signing a patent license agreement under fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory conditions. Huawei will grant a cellular IoT Standard Essential Patents license, including NB-IoT, LTE-M and LTE Cat. 1 to EDMI. This agreement represents another recognition of the strength of Huawei's cellular IoT SEPs from industry peers. It also enables EDMI to secure its own business and provide comprehensive legal protection to its customers. |
| T-Systems Digitalizes Dublin Airport T-Systems announced that it has integrated a new management product from Frequentis into Dublin Airport's system to further enhance information flow, resource management, and passenger satisfaction. With Frequentis airportWORKS, the airport operator digitizes all information and documentation on airside maintenance and repair work on the apron, taxiways, and runways. |
| Palo Alto Networks Delivers Cloud-Optimized SOC Platform Palo Alto Networks announced a new milestone in how security operations centers secure the cloud. The new innovations as part of Cortex XSIAM for Cloud bolster the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM platform to natively deliver Cloud Detection and Response capabilities in one unified solution, making Cortex XSIAM the industry's first SOC platform optimized for the cloud. |
| Ericsson Chooses SAP Software SAP announced that Ericsson has selected the SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain solution to drive further operational efficiencies in its global supply chain network. |
| ZTE Carrier-Class Router Products Deliver ZTE announced that its intelligent router products have delivered outstanding accomplishments in the multi-vendor interoperability test organized by EANTC (European Advanced Networking Test Center). EANTC has officially released a white paper detailing the test results and made multi-vendor live demonstrations at its showcase booth at the 25th MPLS SD & AI Net World Congress in Paris, France. |
| Salesforce Introduces Public Sector Einstein 1 for Service Salesforce announced Public Sector Einstein 1 for Service, including CRM, trusted AI, and data capabilities to help government employees automate administrative tasks and provide faster service to constituents. Built on Salesforce’s Einstein 1 platform, public sector organizations can now quickly and easily generate case reports, capture real-time call transcriptions, and document and format case interactions, all in a single offering. |
| ServiceNow Research Reveals Potential for AI-Powered Customer Service ServiceNow announced the release of the ServiceNow Consumer Voice Report 2024, which reveals a staggering 74 percent of Canadians surveyed are less loyal to brands than they were two years ago, emphasizing the need for businesses to enact changes to drive customer retention. |
| Ciena Unveils Multi-Cloud Native OSS Platform Ciena announced that their Blue Planet division has launched a major enhancement to its intelligent automation software portfolio with the first-of-its-kind Blue Planet Cloud Native Platform. Leveraging Kubernetes technology to support multiple modular Operating Support System applications, the new platform will allow Communications Service Providers to simplify and automate their OSS environments. |
| Cleveland Guardians Select Windstream Windstream announced that it has been selected by the Major League Baseball franchise Cleveland Guardians for its managed software-defined wide-area network services to achieve a dedicated and simplified cloud network connection. Windstream’s services bolster their IT performance, so it can use today’s data-intensive sports applications without latency or interruption, giving the team and its faithful fans, a competitive advantage in the MLB. |
| ServiceNow Opens New Central Dublin Office ServiceNow announced that it has opened the doors to its new offices with four floors in the sought after 60 Dawson Street in Dublin city center. The relocation of the company’s Irish headquarters will further support its growing business and employee base in the region. |
| IBM to Help Canadian Enterprises Leverage Generative AI IBM announced its new Cloud Multizone Region in Montreal, Quebec which will be designed to help clients address their evolving regulatory requirements and leverage technology such as Generative AI with a secured, enterprise cloud platform. Building on the opening of IBM Cloud’s Toronto MZR in 2021 and existing data centers in Montreal, the opening of the new Montreal MZR is planned for the first half of 2025. |
| NVIDIA and Google Cloud Collaborate to Accelerate AI Development NVIDIA and Google Cloud announced a new collaboration to help startups around the world accelerate the creation of generative AI applications and services. The announcement, made at Google Cloud Next 24 in Las Vegas, brings together the NVIDIA Inception program for startups and the Google for Startups Cloud Program to widen access to cloud credits, go-to-market support and technical expertise to help startups deliver value to customers faster. |
| VIAVI Introduces New Performance Testing Capability VIAVI announced the addition of performance testing capability for Post-Quantum Cryptography system deployments. Introducing cryptographic protocols can create additional network performance overhead, ultimately affecting end-user quality of experience. |
| Crowdstrike Expands Google Cloud Partnership CrowdStrike announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud to stop breaches across multi-cloud and multi-vendor environments. Cloud intrusions have grown 75% in the past year, and adversaries are faster than ever, breaking into customer environments in as little as two minutes. To protect against modern cloud threats, customers need a holistic, intuitive managed security solution that eliminates complexity and serves as a force multiplier for security and DevOps teams. |
| Gilat Expands into Additional IFC Market Segments Gilat Satellite Networks announced that a leading IFC Service Provider is expanding its In-Flight Connectivity capabilities with a strategic multimillion-dollar order mainly for Gilat’s Taurus Aero modems. |
| Telecom Acquisitions Limited Agrees Partnerships Telecom Acquisitions Limited has agreed partnerships with ISPs No One Internet, and Link Broadband to acquire their customers signed up to the CityFibre network. TAL CEO Nigel Barnett says he has never regretted entering the AltNet arena and claims the partnerships he is forging are a win-win for all parties. |
| Travel eSIM Users to Grow 440% Globally Over the Next 5 Years Juniper Research announced that in their new study they have found that the global number of travel eSIM users will grow from 40 million in 2024 to over 215 million by 2028. Travel eSIMs provide an alternative to operators’ roaming services, by allowing travellers to download a temporary local profile onto their device and avoid roaming charges. |
| NTT Announces Joint Proposal on Generative AI NTT announced that Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings and the NTT Corporation have been conducting a joint study on ideal governance for generative AI since fall 2023, and released Joint Proposal on Shaping Generative AI as the latest version of their proposal. |
| NEC White Paper Proposes Comprehensive Process Workflow NEC announced that it has released a white paper, Towards the realization of AI drug development: Comprehensive process workflow for the commercial use of personalized cancer vaccines. |
| Ericsson Boosts Digital Transformation With Orange Ericsson announced that it has been selected by Orange Egypt as a strategic partner to accelerate its digital transformation and build a resilient architecture across its network. The collaboration seeks to enable superior service experiences for consumers and streamline partner ecosystem. |
| Cloudflare Collaborates to Deliver Rapid Incident Response for Enterprises Cloudflare announced a collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton, to support enterprises under attack by providing expedited Under Attack as a Service with 30-Day Rapid Response DDoS Mitigation, including continuous monitoring and protection. Under this new agreement, Booz Allen’s Global Commercial clients facing a cyber attack will be connected to Cloudflare for immediate Incident Response. |
| Tokens.com Acquires AI and Robotics Business Tokens.com announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Simulacra Corporation. Simulacra owns and operates three subsidiaries focused on the integration of artificial intelligence and high quality, humanoid robots that improve the human experience through connection, learning and play. |
| IBM and The Government of Spain Collaborate to Advance National AI Strategy IBM announced that the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez, and the Senior Vice President of IBM and Director of IBM Research, Dario Gil, met at the Moncloa Complex, where they celebrated the new agreement reached between the Executive and IBM that will allow the development of foundational models for Artificial Intelligence, native in Spanish and co-official languages. |
| ZTE Reinforces Commitment To Boosting SIDS Resilience ZTE announced that it has reaffirmed its commitment to boosting Small Island Developing States (SIDS) resilience and prosperity through universal connectivity and digital transformation. The announcement came during the Partner2Connect gathering at the Second Preparatory Committee Meeting in New York City. |
| KMD Commissions T-Systems T-Systems announced that KMD has commissioned T-Systems to operate its mainframe infrastructure. This infrastructure is a high-performance and highly scalable IT environment optimized for business-critical applications and data processing. Starting in the first half of 2025, T-Systems will take over responsibility for operations. The contract has a duration of seven years, with the option to extend. Both companies did not disclose the contract volume. |
